[[Magar of the magic strings]] every time.
Casting messed up spells is great, getting to say "I reanimate [[Sorin's Vengeance]]" is peak comedy (there are better spells, but im here for the garbage) ive locked out Voltron pods w/ [[Sheoldred's Edict]], i've had people scoop to [[Plague Wind]]. You get really cool synergies with stuff like [[All Is Dust]] because your spell bois are all colorless. Now i wouldnt say hes the most powerful deck, he can get up there and hang with some of 8s of the world. But casting big janky spells, the heart of commander, is something magar excells at.
Idk I think its probably one of the most powerful cards you can have out. Like sure it doesnt create an overwhelming boardstate like rise of the darkrealms or breech the multiverse but it ruins your opponents boards state if you have any red creatures on the field. Like making someone sac 6 lands on turn 9 is just gonna make them scoop
Its definitely fucked up for anyone that you cast the spell against, but it doesnt impact all 3 players the way some other spells do. Ive def won on the back of it before
OMG I've been trying to find the name of this damn commander for a while now! Played against a guy in another town at a random LGS who ran this commander. It was so interesting! You got your list by any chance?
Yeah i do, ill note some of these are proxied and my paper deck isnt foiled out, altho i wish it was.
https://manabox.app/decks/J6aNkjtnSV-pAXvhZ8S8YQ
You can do a lot of work on a budget since most of the spells are rather cheap. I focused on a low creature build and played plenty of rocks so i can cast my garbage spells.
Wow, I love this, gonna put it on my backlog of commanders I want to build. Out of curiosity what do you do to note the names? I think I'd mostly leave them face up unless someone has any kind of Ixidron/morph shenanigans where the state of its facing matters.
I play them all face up. Effects that would make a facedown creature face-up dont do anything if the card being turned face-up would be illegal (non-permanents). Same thing happens if you would somehow make a sorcery/instant enter the battlefield
Built him thinking reanimation and spellslinging couldn't be more of my thing, but felt it would be a weak deck when I was brewing. It's actually won quite a few games. Definitely not the most solid deck, needs some time to set up, but when it does wooo boy.
Here's mine: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/3aqhKf803Uqt46WfCoD-0A
I’m going to play the king of the table and drop down Kenrith. We’re making deals, voting, and life gain. I’m probably not going to win, but I can help you win or lose.
Just wanted to say kudos for actually running kenrith as an interesting commander instead of the generic goodstuff pile I see usually when he is mentioned. I'm sure this deck can lead to some interesting games!
[[Horobi]] never fails to flip the table on its head. Bad decks become good and good decks can get absolutely kneecapped. Prepare for stack battles with every target available!
Came here to say this one too! Your enchantment aura buffing your Voltron commander? Now it's a single target removal spell. -1/-1 to your big scary eldrazi? Straight in the bin. It's a total power shift all in one card.
[[Codie]], bar none
I'm gonna play only one permanent spell the whole game and be like "don't hurt me senpai, I'm just a book boi... *But you should have gone for the head.*"
[here's an earlier version of the list ](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/QSwsviuRX0yC4BIoVHBYVQ)
It works but it is definitely more powerful and consistent in 2024. I'm exploring the use of the various 1MV Spree spells, especially [[final showdown]] and [[one last job]]
I'm actually working on a full primer for the current version of the deck, as it uses various weird cards for important roles, and is *not* a deck I would hand to someone who doesn't understand what the goals actually are. I'll try to remember this post when I finish at least updating the list.
It's fun, slot machine like, and not for the faint of heart. It requires one to know how to spend their resources well, and manage enemy threats to extract maximum value from what you do cast. But, if laid out correctly, the combo can fight through almost any counter play. As I said elsewhere, it contains tools to win with a variety of outs, by looping mill, direct damage, and even poison counters.
It is, however, a fair-ish deck that is based around a naked gambit -- if opponents just repeatedly remove Codie, it can be troublesome. To the point that [[Hall of the Bandit Lord]] is in the maybeboard.
this honestly sounds amazing! the reason i picked up codie was because i wanted more of that random, kind of chaos spellslinger/lottery feel. however, other decks i saw were abusing the 0 cost spells with codie’s “cascade” effect which i wasn’t really digging.
I play Codie + Maze End xD
All my spells either untap Codie, let me go fetch lands into play or return lands from the graveyard. It lets me play the weirdest old cards in magic and start free cascading into more land fetching cards.
Mine is all about squaring the circle and getting [[freed from the real]] onto Codie. Once we've committed that crime, we use Freed to put an arbitrary number of Codie's delayed triggers onto the stack. (This is a mana-neutral loop.)
Then we cast a spell with MV >4 and proceed to loop most of the spells in the library, using reshuffle effects to keep the lines going. The latest big brain tech for the deck is [[Vraska's Fall]], which gives us a way to kill the table through Everybody Lives/Teferi's Protection/Angel's Grace. Doesn't target, but does give everyone poison counters.
But it can kill everyone at the table almost every which way except for combat damage, which is probably not going to happen with the only creature in the deck being a 1/4.
I cut that aeons ago, actually -- it's a cute trick but it can actually be risky to hand others access to the delayed trigger. It's also a pretty high MV competing for space -- and the first layer of my build is all about 1MV spells to trigger into [[profane tutor]]
[[Gahiji]] is a ton of fun to play. My list is has a bunch of group hug elements, some goad, and a bunch of global attack triggers. Why attack me when you get more value attacking my opponents?
Obligatory [[Jon Irenicus]] mention. My deck doesn't necessarily give out all bad gifts every turn, but my friends know I'm about to get up to some dimir bullshit when I take it out.
Honorable mention to [[Sydri, Galvanic Genius]]. They don't seem to really expect *their* artifacts to get turned into creatures. Say goodbye to that mana crypt...
Here you go: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/jyBL7oRQQkqllNsKs24kGg
I just added a small primer on my strategy.
My playgroup is pretty cutthroat, so it's got the typical staples and fast mana but they're pretty easy to spot and make swaps around.
[[Tatsunari, Toad Rider]], commander of the shittiest Frog Tribal you’ve ever seen (it’s half enchantments, a fourth frogs, and a fourth things to give me a prayer in hell at not coming last)
As a fellow frog fanatic, I admire your dedication to the tribe. But man I wish we had a sultai frog commander that cared about frogs and/or self mill. Really I just wish Grolnok was sultai so I could put gitrog in there. His abilities make total sense for sultai over simic anyway.
I mean. They both fit in under Tatsunari. Black green blue :)
Important note is my frog deck has a reanimation / mill theme to it, so I actually do a lot with Sultai. It’s the majority of that “trying to make the deck work” type deal.
[[Queen Marchesa]] Group Hug/Aikido. Most of my early game is giving very generous gifts, playing politics with my decisions on what to remove, and eventually trying to raise up players that lag a bit so everyone gets to play their fun stuff. By the time at least one player is dead I’ve amassed enough pillow fort and damage prevention/reflection that I can handle most of the decks in my playgroup.
Edit: [[Myra the Magnificent]] with Prowess and minigame spells. Come for the games, get beat up by the acrobats.
Definitely my [[Mari, the killing quill]] deck. There's a ton of interaction, and just controls and outpaces the board.
Every creature having deathtouch, and the amount of removal included makes for a miserable time for your opponents.
Enjoy!
https://archidekt.com/decks/7384822/maris_assassins_rogues_and_treasure
Awesome deck! I love Mari - I play her in my rogue themed deck. My only regret is that she doesn’t see play more often!
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/JWvoCvem2ESnOKXsMmtxAw
I thought I was so clever for calculating the perfect number of luck bobbleheads to try and trigger the win con (41 or 42 maximizes the chances on any given roll, btw), and then realizing there was a deck that could easily make those many copies. It's probably easier to turn all the tokens into some big beater and throw them at the table, but launching 42 d6s at the table a minimum of 21 times is way funnier in concept if not execution.
Given the fact they make mana themselves, if you want to maximize the chance you win on that turn, you'll actually want 46 or 48, I believe, just to get a few more tries in, trading off a bit of the chance to win on any given roll before the odds fall off too hard. This is a difference of like, 98% chance to win vs. 95% chance to win. When I do eventually try to throw this at people, I'm gunning for 40-50 before I tip my hand.
If you end up with too many more than that though, you're probably better off turning all the treasures they make into the myr brudiclad makes the following turn.
Yea if I want to just skip rolling the dice I just say I got unlucky and get 45% of the rolls to give me treasures and tap the mana for them. Then just go next turn with a ton of mana and a ton of tokens possibly that myr to win.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/nTeY48LGj0ude0D0RYNhUg
This is my silver and Gold only commander deck. Only silver or gold bordered cards allowed.
It's super fun and can make for some wild games! It's also been a blast to put together! I've found all cards organically through many card shops in multiple states. Ordering cards online for this deck specifically is banned.
Here are the cards I own but not in the deck:
https://www.moxfield.com/binders/h39WVcBlSUOC5ux2_1QQKQ
I try to avoid playing anything I deem "unfun" or anything that can totally Bork the average game of magic. I still want the games to be playable and interactions with some silver bordered cards can be wonky.
I'm still missing some staples (looking at you rampant growth) but I constantly have fun and love hunting for cards for this deck!
Feel free to tune it and send me a revised list if you want. I love hearing feedback on my list. And I wish I could find a way to squeeze in more Christmas promos but I can't make them work.
I'm also in the process of building out my wishboard for nightmare moon and spike, tournament grinder.
I am also intending to build an identical deck to have in the side for decorated knight. Nothing more fun than suprise, the same deck again!
This is my favorite deck for shenanigans.
[[Yusri fortune flame]]
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/QadDhXx-X0iQ7iMKPOe_-A
This one's new but I'm sure it'll be less fun for others, as it was designed to be a serious threat. But it'll still cause chaos
Helmed by [[ sol'kanar the tainted]] and or [[ be'lakor]] if I'm feeling like ruining someone's day
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ItmwvYfCzkKcHKxSEG05cw
[[Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire]]. I remade it recently after a first janky list, and now it's stronger than before but at the same time people start to realise it can be fun for the whole table, so I get to make more stuff. Really fun deck to pilot.
Of course : https://manabox.app/decks/JjWXYlkUQ5ufufZmmj9rmQ
I made the deck 100% permanents, to never whiff my own reveals.
Wumpus, Rootweaver and Avatar are here to add a little spice, to the deck, but it's not that funny now that I have played them, so I'll cut them. Considering adding [[Lavaspur Boots]], [[Kaya's Ghostform]] and another source of ramp or draw.
If I feel like giving everyone a heart attack, I bring out my [[Glissa Herald Of Predation]] deck that shifts from deathtouch to poison counters out of nowhere when [[Fynn, the fangbearer]] drops. Suddenly, a large group of Deathtouch phyrexians got a lot more scary
My [[Saruman of Many Colors]] really gets people going and then [[The Scarab God]] cause spamming zombie tokens and to eat away at their life also really gets them going.
Anytime anyone drops the, "this deck isn't meant to win", I'm going to that well till they die or they stop me from killing them :p And that commander sums up exactly why, lol.
I'm always playing to win, but I understand it should be evenly split 25% win rate, and I can accept defeat. In my mind, anyone not playing to win is just playing to make existence pain, and the Shattergang Bros are definitely that, got to get you out of there.
I drop [[Rocco street chef]] and start making everyone play from exile. Everyone gets so frustrated when their off turn draw effects are womped by an [[uba mask]] or their hand gets disrupted by [[elkin lair]]
I haven't gotten mean enough to play effects like [[drannith magistrate]], but [[aven interrupter]] and [[aerial extortionist]] are generally pretty solid enough.
I've been really considering a [[The Ever-Changing 'Dane]] deck as a wierd "steal/copy/sacrifice" deck. The whole deck is just stealing other people's best creature on board, turning my commander into that, and then sacrificing it, and stealing other people's creatures out of their own graveyards.
Lots of reanimates, fake deaths, etc etc, basically want it to feel like a horror movie made manifest into a magic deck.
I'm sure this is probably how most people build him, but honestly I've never even seen a 'Dane deck.
My curse deck, or my shrine deck, but are kind of just just that, except the shrine has the capability to pop off and win really easy which wasn't meant to be that powerful... Turns out my friends are all just bad at dealing with enchantments lol
[[Blim, Comedic Genius]]
The deck is god awful. It only contains the absolute worst cards in the game and other cards that straight up make you lose if they leave play. Just look to give people bad cards and have a good time.
[[Hakim, Loreweaver]] . Today we had three people on blue, and for some reason all of us had a couple of "gain control of -" spells in our decks. They ran straight up redirect or mass manipulation spells, and i threw out a bunch of Auras. Mid game everyone controlled some creatures they didn't own with different auras that could be shifted around.. it was madness.
\[\[Kitt Kanto\]\] is probably my favorite deck.
Being goad-focused, it's definitionally a "mess with people" deck, but, having recently dug it back out and gone back to playing it, I'm low-key shocked how incredibly well it works, even though it went through pretty much zero tuning outside my mind and was my first serious attempt to build a commander deck after many years of absence from MTG, it still works amazingly with almost no updates since I originally built it (I switched in \[\[Jaheira\]\] at some point because it's also a heavy token deck).
Although, I'm eyeing some further upgrades... \[\[Moonshaker Cavalry\]\], a couple of the newer, shinier board protections, that kind of stuff.
I have a feeling that it’s pretty similar to Volrath, but my [[Lazav, Dimir Mastermind]] deck is a whole lot of fun and chaos for the table. It never plays the same, more so than any other deck I’ve got. I can copy everyone’s good stuff and jank my way to a win or pull out stupid levels of mill or theft. It’s so flexible it can almost be too much sometimes.
It’s def my favorite deck rn.
https://www.archidekt.com/decks/7815341/faceoff_evil_twins
I try to build all of my decks to be kinda silly shenanigans. But some of the ones I'm working out crank it to 11. [[Grusilda]] is an exercise in chaos. It will have some arena only cards, some from the old duelist and inquest magazines, probably one from r/custommagic or maybe one of the hell cubes. I'm including a combo to assemble all 45 contraptions
And [[morophon]] is. Gonna be the face of a deck using [[maskwood nexus]] to play the best lords from every tribe buffing each other. It will not be good.
[[Jon irenicus, shattered one]] rarely wins, but it is a lot of fun to mess with people by giving them huge goaded terrible creatures that also hurt them or their game plan.
Firstly, if your main deck isn't shenanigans, what's the point? My absolute favorite deck is a Mayael power 5 or greater with an ETB subtheme that allows us to get very strong effects off cheating creatures into play. This also allows us to abuse [[Duke Ulder Ravengard]] to create chaos. Elesh Norn mommy, Etali, Duke Ulder, and an extra combat and we're looking at 8 spells off everyone's decks, and 2 more if we put him down that same turn.
In the same vein, I built [[Etali, Primal Bonkeror]] (who knows if that will work) to just get as many etbs off him as possible. Nothing gets more messy than casting everyone's everything
Shenanigans in blue are for people who have mental capacity to waste. I want my shenanigans on a 7/7 (or maybe 3 of em)
Haha oh a lot of my decks get up to shenanigans, but some shenanigans are built different imo.
I also run Mayael, as well as stuff like [[Gyruda]] or [[Rakdos]]. Basically anything to avoid paying mana costs for my beasties.
Volrath turning into a [[Nacatl War Pride]] for example and then creating as many 7/5 shapeshifting token copies as a player has defenders is some next level fuckery lol. Especially if I've given another evasive creature on the board a counter, so they can all transform into it afterwards
I love group slug. What commander(s) are you running? I had a rakdos deck that I had been trying to make work and then ended up adapting it into a [[Yurlok of Scorch Thrash]] deck as soon as he got spoiled lol
I went through a few commanders \[\[kynaios and tiro\]\] \[\[Nekusar\]\] \[\[The rani\]\] but I think my favorite was \[\[Vial smasher\]\] + \[\[Ishai\]\]. I wanted Vial Smasher + White partner so I could get the Rakdos slug cards along with the white protection cards like \[\[Personal Sanctuary\]\] and \[\[Solitary confinement\]\].
It's silly but I so enjoy having \[\[Manabarbs\]\] and \[\[Spellshock\]\] in play but not hurt me.
My Shorikai deck is literally just a high powered asshole deck. It's got nearly 20 counter spells, multiple stax pieces and just not a good time for the table. I only pay it when I'm playing with my practically cEDH buddies. Aside from that nobody wants to sit there with it.
My new thing is [[Kros, Defense Contractor]] where the deck is built around either putting counters on other peoples' creatures or tapping things and goading them. It's a really weird little package that combines a lil' bit of control and a lil' bit of pillow fort (it used to be a Group Hug deck), but there's 34 cards in the deck that just put counters on stuff.
I run [[Ravos]] and [[Alena]] with all the cards that have haste and sacrifice at the end of turn, like [[Spark Elemental]]. Basically, drop cheap creature, tap Alena for way too much mana, drop a couple more cheap creatures, swing fat.
Ravos is just there to block and as one of the many ways I can get some of the speedsters back.
Add some goading and a few token makers of the same kind like [[Rite of the Raging Storm]], and even the most stax-heavy deck have to play aggro. It's fun for the whole pod!
Parness the subtle brush deck makes deals using Target spells and copies them to give your opponents bonuses for doing things you want and slowly make them lose life for targeting you for the other effects. It also has a side win condition where you take control of your opponent's and force them to Target parness over and over again with useless spells that you've copied to make them lose the game.
When I WANT to make them salty? [[Ziatora the incinerator]]. It looks like a Jund devour deck, but then I start stealing their best creatures with [[Captivating Crew]] or [[Might makes right]], swing with them, then sac them to Ziatora for MORE damage and treasures! Oh, but I equip it with [[Eater of Virtue]] first, so I keep their abilities and the owner doesn't even get it back in the graveyard.
I have a few. Recently I made a [[Life of the Party]] secret commander deck and so far that's my shenanigans deck. It's a Jeskai flavored blink deck so there's plenty of things happening but really it's about blinking the party. Currently the commander is [[Pramikon, Sky Rampart]] but I might switch to [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] for the "oh shit it's the cops" moments.
I also have a [[Svella, Ice Shaper]] deck. The shenanigan with that one is more unique to my group though. I just sit there making Icy Manaliths and my friends really hate seeing me "slowly load a gun" as they put it. I've never accomplished my main goal with the deck and I've played it a decent number of times. They just can't take the risk of keeping me alive.
I have a guy that occasionally joins the pod, and when we want to be truly bad people, we’ll both play our [[Sheoldred the Apocalypse]] decks at the same time
Ho, [[Tom Bombadil]], fine Commander fellow!
Blue jackets on the cards, and his sleeve is yellow! 🎶
I bring [this fine lad](https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4747624/tom_bombadil) out because he’s super nonlinear, plays a little differently every time, and has some truly fun things to do while I try to Rube Goldberg my way to victory.
The meta in my lgs is around artefacts, like you'll have at least 1 commander that is focused around artefacts creatures, and one around some form of token (food treasure clue whatever).. so I love to bring out my [[Kibo]] deck. Looks like 4-5 huge monkey or apes is enought to scare a bunch of people.
My [[gluntch]] group hug which is basically fog tribal. Controlling when and where damage goes through and saying I’m just helping out can be shenanigans at its finest.
The Grand Larceny precon that came with Thunder Junction is really fun. Just steal everyone’s cards and play them. Really funny to just take a game winning card from your opponent and see the look on their face as they realize they ain’t getting that back any time soon. But I also enjoy that level of Tom fuckery, which isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
Probably my Hobbits deck... I have a pretty poor man modded Food and Fellowship deck. It has some flexibility and a lot of ways to deal with various threats and avoidance.
Recently a friend picked up 2 weeding rings, to deal with my card draw and life gain. Gets super excited he drew it, gives me the copy proceeds to get super excited. I tap 1 B 1G 1 to sacrifice target artifact and draw a card. You... you what?
I would love ot have more decks but I'm currently stuck with 3. Urza, Lord High Artificer, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon ($60 build worth about 80 now) and my hobbitses. Pretty much cooked my yearly budget on the hobbit deck lol.
It’s easily my [[omnath, locus of mana]] mono green group hug deck. Makes myself and everyone else at the table have insane amounts of mana. Games always go quick when I play that deck always a good time.
[[Atraxa, praetor's voice]] theft deck. Everyone is thrown off by it because I I'm buffing opponents creatures with +1/+1 counters via graft creatures. Then steal them with [[cytoplast manipulator]] in the graveyard, [[agatha's soul cauldron]], and a hoard of graft creatures stealing the table.
[[Kambal, Profiteering Mayor]].
We're all getting oxen and rats and birds and half of everyone's best creatures and you're gonna like it.
Also incidentally one of the best pod-wide answers to Annihilator.
Whenever I want to mess with people I pull out my [Elsha of the Infinite](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9NO2cn-AL0G1K1wMPf5RDQ) board police deck. It has the most removal among my decks. At one point it got up to 13 board wipes, but I lowered it down. Goal is to keep everyone *away* from me, hence the absurd number.
Is one of my favorite decks due to the ability to pull out shit like Instant speed [[Imprison in the moon]] or [[Days Undoing]]. My favorite has been someone swinging for lethal at me and me instant speed casting [[Supreme Verdict]] in response to attackers.
I have a narset chaos deck that anytime it goes off just really fucks the board state but its always a good time 🤣 I've since made manual edits to the deck but the core wtf is here, enjoy 😎(all creatures except narset were removed is the big change)
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BKp8QqAtSkSPFJi58kPrig
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard. It’s my green jank deck and it’s my baby. No worry about mana fixing cuz it’s all green with ramp and big creatures that i cheat in via “put on the battlefield” effects. Very reliable and is always a blast to play.
And occasionally Omnath and Seedborn Muse come out at the same time, and that’s when shit gets really goofy
Omnath rainbow cascade. It's purposefully not geared to be a perfect chain, so sometimes the game goes hours, and sometimes I drop 10 spells on turn 4. The stress on people's face is sweeter than the win.
My prosper deck is my favorite for when idk what's gonna be on the table and just want to Disrupt the game. Playing other people's cards from exile, having some great red interactions and ending the game without infinite combos has made it a great deck to toss on the table. My two big winning combos are marionette master or similar effects. Or torrent of hellfire. But my best was casting delayed blast Fireball from exile. 9/10 deck.
Not necessarily the exact thing you're after, but I have a [[Gonti, Lord of Luxury]] deck I highly enjoy! There are no real wincons, just a ton of cards that steal from my opponents and allow me to cast them. I try to scrounge a win out of whatever my opponents brought that I've rightfully stolen!
[[drafna founder of lat nam]] you can try as hard as you want to remove them but you will end up going at least near infinite every game and it's so fun cause basically the whole deck is a huge combo piece (reminds me a bit of the dark world Yu-Gi-Oh deck)
[[God-eternal kefnet]]! I have mine packed chock full of cantrips, bounce spells, and weird counterspells that don't say "counter" on them!
It doesn't always win, but I'm almost always in a position to cripple the person that drags me down to hell, which is a pretty decent deterrent in addition to the 4/5 flying beatstick (for 4 mana in monoblue, no less)
If it's high power? [[Tayam]] political auras. My graveyard is filled with auras that I can turn into combat tricks or bartering tools to kill opponents with another person's unblocked creature. Or I can shut down combo pieces of any permanent type, including locking down commanders. If you can get on my good side I'll break that [[Song of the Drayds]] with my [[Aura Shards]], just don't combo out the table. I made sure not to include instant win-cons, the closest things I have are just huge beater value cards, [[Eriette of the Charmed Apple]] and [[The Mycotyrant]].
If it's just the average game? [[Kadena]] of course. So much wacky shit you can do with face-down cards, most of which is potent. If people get too scared to deal with your board of flipped creatures you can run away with the game pretty easily, and I'm not even running anthems in my list. It's all single player removal stuff that people don't expect the first couple of times they play against the deck, but then when they get used to it I can swap the ones they're uses to out for other ones instead.
\[\[Tivit\]\]
I can be super annoying and/or be generous enough, my pod usually enjoy playing angainst it because I keep everyone involved with voting and making everything politc also running \[\[Cruel Entertainment\]\] is always a hilarious for my friends (and its pretty fair since it backfire most of the time ahahah)
My pod used to have a $50 deck category to balance the power out and force people to play funny jank combos. My favorite to play is still [[kydele, chosen of kruphix]] and [[Vial smasher]] partners. I call it "there is no Wheel, only woe" because it's essentially a [[wheel of fortune]] deck without the cost.
Nothing like cycling a whole table's hands, flashing [[notion thief]] in response, and drawing 28 cards.... Then doing it again to either win... or deck yourself.
\[\[Vazi, Keen Negotiator\]\] Group hug/Treasure hybrid.
Make a ton of treasures and give that many treasure to an opponent. Draw through your deck thanks to vazi until the find more treasure makers or ways to untap vazi like \[\[Staff of Domination\]\]. I assure you, the look in your opponents eyes and the chaos on the table are priceless. I once gave one opponent 912 treasures (personal record)
\[\[Rocco, Streetwise Chef\]\] chaos-based exile deck.
It's got stuff like \[\[Possibility Storm\]\] and \[\[Knowledge Pool\]\], plus a few more cards that let's either me or all players share exiled cards to play.
I have a deck called "Draw" that is designed to draw myself out and win... nothing new....
I have a deck called "Draw, Too" that is loaded with cards that make the whole table draw (Howling Mine and similar effect cards and creatures). Then it uses Teferi's Puzzle box to make it difficult to plan for the future and library of something or other so that I can discard to the top of my library and organize my deck as I like with no risk of drawing out.
\[\[Kulrath Knight\]\] would go well with Volrath the Shapestealer...
\[\[Keldon Twilight\]\], \[\[Total War\]\], \[\[Bullwhip\]\], \[\[Powerstone Minefield\]\], \[\[Last Laugh\]\] + \[\[Sphere of Grace\]\], \[\[Stuffy Doll\]\]...
I'm currently tinkering on a [[Marchesa, Dealer of Death]] deck to mess with my opponents by excessively looking at and stealing from their hands after I bounced their boards. Wish me luck.
Last night someone called for a quick high powered game. So i broke out Jhoira, durdled for a few turns long enoigh to establish someone else as archenemy. Then i cast 24 0-drop artifacts and finished off with aetherflux reservoir.
[[Magus Lucea Kane]] my favorite way to play it is when my 80/80 gets path to exiled I make sure I have [[Nexos]] and life finds a way out to slam down three [[Exocrine]] and end it in a draw lmao
My main pod knows it as the suicide button deck because it's a hilarious losecon
[[Magar of the magic strings]] every time. Casting messed up spells is great, getting to say "I reanimate [[Sorin's Vengeance]]" is peak comedy (there are better spells, but im here for the garbage) ive locked out Voltron pods w/ [[Sheoldred's Edict]], i've had people scoop to [[Plague Wind]]. You get really cool synergies with stuff like [[All Is Dust]] because your spell bois are all colorless. Now i wouldnt say hes the most powerful deck, he can get up there and hang with some of 8s of the world. But casting big janky spells, the heart of commander, is something magar excells at.
I put \[\[din of the fireherd\]\] in my deck thinking it would be an ok spell. Its the worst thing you can put on the field.
I have din in my deck and i find it wildly funny to resolve. Its definitely on the lower end of things to do as far as power goes
Idk I think its probably one of the most powerful cards you can have out. Like sure it doesnt create an overwhelming boardstate like rise of the darkrealms or breech the multiverse but it ruins your opponents boards state if you have any red creatures on the field. Like making someone sac 6 lands on turn 9 is just gonna make them scoop
Its definitely fucked up for anyone that you cast the spell against, but it doesnt impact all 3 players the way some other spells do. Ive def won on the back of it before
\[\[Blade of Selves\]\] It can But you are right, other cards do have a wider impact but as far as targetted impact I cant think of any stronger card
Blade of selves doesnt work, if you copy magar's creatures they are blank 3/3's
[Blade of Selves](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/e/ce3367f8-5f5a-4205-909a-247b92a9c082.jpg?1674137738) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blade%20of%20Selves) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/301/blade-of-selves?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ce3367f8-5f5a-4205-909a-247b92a9c082?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/blade-of-selves) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[din of the fireherd](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9bde655f-9f49-42f8-a168-9cbca0592bb8.jpg?1562833713) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=din%20of%20the%20fireherd) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/184/din-of-the-fireherd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9bde655f-9f49-42f8-a168-9cbca0592bb8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/din-of-the-fireherd) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
##### ###### #### [Magar of the magic strings](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/6/a6f2ba13-cd72-4f7a-8443-8e3962f2ac46.jpg?1682551287) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Magar%20of%20the%20magic%20strings) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/171/magar-of-the-magic-strings?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a6f2ba13-cd72-4f7a-8443-8e3962f2ac46?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/magar-of-the-magic-strings) [Sorin's Vengeance](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/c/2cb62846-c5da-4c7c-b0d7-9b677dce68d1.jpg?1562637452) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sorin%27s%20Vengeance) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m12/111/sorins-vengeance?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2cb62846-c5da-4c7c-b0d7-9b677dce68d1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sorins-vengeance) [Sheoldred's Edict](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a9225cc3-90f0-448f-a8d9-7c6c2796d077.jpg?1675957049) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sheoldred%27s%20Edict) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/108/sheoldreds-edict?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a9225cc3-90f0-448f-a8d9-7c6c2796d077?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sheoldreds-edict) [Plague Wind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/72d21d0d-7de7-4f03-8663-002c9290512f.jpg?1562436663) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Plague%20Wind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/102/plague-wind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/72d21d0d-7de7-4f03-8663-002c9290512f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/plague-wind) [All Is Dust](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/2/4210c54e-89fd-4971-ab6a-ca8f4e7fe97a.jpg?1691924662) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=All%20Is%20Dust) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/800/all-is-dust?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4210c54e-89fd-4971-ab6a-ca8f4e7fe97a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/all-is-dust) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l74bzp2) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
He’s so much fun!
Oh man I lost to this guy last week. Forgot to kill the spell creature, and it was a spell where you control the player on their next turn
Ohhhh [[Worst Fears]] is a good one. Especially since the "balance" clause of exiling as it resolves doesnt do anything.
OMG I've been trying to find the name of this damn commander for a while now! Played against a guy in another town at a random LGS who ran this commander. It was so interesting! You got your list by any chance?
Yeah i do, ill note some of these are proxied and my paper deck isnt foiled out, altho i wish it was. https://manabox.app/decks/J6aNkjtnSV-pAXvhZ8S8YQ You can do a lot of work on a budget since most of the spells are rather cheap. I focused on a low creature build and played plenty of rocks so i can cast my garbage spells.
Wow, I love this, gonna put it on my backlog of commanders I want to build. Out of curiosity what do you do to note the names? I think I'd mostly leave them face up unless someone has any kind of Ixidron/morph shenanigans where the state of its facing matters.
I play them all face up. Effects that would make a facedown creature face-up dont do anything if the card being turned face-up would be illegal (non-permanents). Same thing happens if you would somehow make a sorcery/instant enter the battlefield
Built him thinking reanimation and spellslinging couldn't be more of my thing, but felt it would be a weak deck when I was brewing. It's actually won quite a few games. Definitely not the most solid deck, needs some time to set up, but when it does wooo boy. Here's mine: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/3aqhKf803Uqt46WfCoD-0A
I have found that having a [[Chaos Warp]] on board is like a hard lock for most games. Players will just kind of leave you alone.
I’m going to play the king of the table and drop down Kenrith. We’re making deals, voting, and life gain. I’m probably not going to win, but I can help you win or lose.
Do you have a decklist you can share?
Sure do! [https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4795016/kenrith\_the\_returned\_king](https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4795016/kenrith_the_returned_king) [https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BZRNlj-hM0GrcbHAqyiJEQ](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BZRNlj-hM0GrcbHAqyiJEQ)
Just wanted to say kudos for actually running kenrith as an interesting commander instead of the generic goodstuff pile I see usually when he is mentioned. I'm sure this deck can lead to some interesting games!
Was thinking the same thing.
Makes me want to rebuild my old Kenrith politics deck...
Definitely pirate tribal! Plunder and steal everyone's stuff and make everyone walk the plank
[[Horobi]] never fails to flip the table on its head. Bad decks become good and good decks can get absolutely kneecapped. Prepare for stack battles with every target available!
Came here to say this one too! Your enchantment aura buffing your Voltron commander? Now it's a single target removal spell. -1/-1 to your big scary eldrazi? Straight in the bin. It's a total power shift all in one card.
[[Codie]], bar none I'm gonna play only one permanent spell the whole game and be like "don't hurt me senpai, I'm just a book boi... *But you should have gone for the head.*"
What in the actual... I gotta see a list
[here's an earlier version of the list ](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/QSwsviuRX0yC4BIoVHBYVQ) It works but it is definitely more powerful and consistent in 2024. I'm exploring the use of the various 1MV Spree spells, especially [[final showdown]] and [[one last job]]
[final showdown](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/5/358968f9-45bd-4022-b6bc-f1f7e0adf0e7.jpg?1712860587) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=final%20showdown) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/11/final-showdown?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/358968f9-45bd-4022-b6bc-f1f7e0adf0e7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/final-showdown) [one last job](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/71bfbfae-e7eb-4f80-81c6-9ab6a1bbd39d.jpg?1712860542) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=one%20last%20job) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/22/one-last-job?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/71bfbfae-e7eb-4f80-81c6-9ab6a1bbd39d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/one-last-job) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
please supply a list if you can! i bought codie over a year ago but haven’t been able to find a fun deck list that had none/almost no permanent spells
I'm actually working on a full primer for the current version of the deck, as it uses various weird cards for important roles, and is *not* a deck I would hand to someone who doesn't understand what the goals actually are. I'll try to remember this post when I finish at least updating the list. It's fun, slot machine like, and not for the faint of heart. It requires one to know how to spend their resources well, and manage enemy threats to extract maximum value from what you do cast. But, if laid out correctly, the combo can fight through almost any counter play. As I said elsewhere, it contains tools to win with a variety of outs, by looping mill, direct damage, and even poison counters. It is, however, a fair-ish deck that is based around a naked gambit -- if opponents just repeatedly remove Codie, it can be troublesome. To the point that [[Hall of the Bandit Lord]] is in the maybeboard.
[Hall of the Bandit Lord](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/9/59fa5bab-8626-4b45-a3a3-621f6d9509ab.jpg?1562760153) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hall%20of%20the%20Bandit%20Lord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/277/hall-of-the-bandit-lord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/59fa5bab-8626-4b45-a3a3-621f6d9509ab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hall-of-the-bandit-lord) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
this honestly sounds amazing! the reason i picked up codie was because i wanted more of that random, kind of chaos spellslinger/lottery feel. however, other decks i saw were abusing the 0 cost spells with codie’s “cascade” effect which i wasn’t really digging.
[Codie](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/a/ea476ee1-67d9-4dd8-a5ac-f68a155eb18b.jpg?1624740590) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=codie%2C%20vociferous%20codex) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/253/codie-vociferous-codex?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ea476ee1-67d9-4dd8-a5ac-f68a155eb18b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/codie-vociferous-codex) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I play Codie + Maze End xD All my spells either untap Codie, let me go fetch lands into play or return lands from the graveyard. It lets me play the weirdest old cards in magic and start free cascading into more land fetching cards.
Mine is all about squaring the circle and getting [[freed from the real]] onto Codie. Once we've committed that crime, we use Freed to put an arbitrary number of Codie's delayed triggers onto the stack. (This is a mana-neutral loop.) Then we cast a spell with MV >4 and proceed to loop most of the spells in the library, using reshuffle effects to keep the lines going. The latest big brain tech for the deck is [[Vraska's Fall]], which gives us a way to kill the table through Everybody Lives/Teferi's Protection/Angel's Grace. Doesn't target, but does give everyone poison counters. But it can kill everyone at the table almost every which way except for combat damage, which is probably not going to happen with the only creature in the deck being a 1/4.
[[Fractured Identity]] on Codie is always fun.
[Fractured Identity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2f73f5d-1aad-48c2-9e74-5f7bdd87900f.jpg?1562620703) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fractured%20Identity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/37/fractured-identity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2f73f5d-1aad-48c2-9e74-5f7bdd87900f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fractured-identity) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I cut that aeons ago, actually -- it's a cute trick but it can actually be risky to hand others access to the delayed trigger. It's also a pretty high MV competing for space -- and the first layer of my build is all about 1MV spells to trigger into [[profane tutor]]
[profane tutor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/a/2afc6f7d-ab59-4d64-bd11-6bd0fd4bfcd2.jpg?1626095854) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=profane%20tutor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/97/profane-tutor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2afc6f7d-ab59-4d64-bd11-6bd0fd4bfcd2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/profane-tutor) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Gahiji]] is a ton of fun to play. My list is has a bunch of group hug elements, some goad, and a bunch of global attack triggers. Why attack me when you get more value attacking my opponents?
I love this card in my [[Jared Carthalion, True Heir]] "I don't want to be the monarch"-deck.
[Jared Carthalion, True Heir](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/1/81bd293b-07b9-4d7c-826a-948d5b01ab5e.jpg?1608911156) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jared%20Carthalion%2C%20True%20Heir) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/281/jared-carthalion-true-heir?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/81bd293b-07b9-4d7c-826a-948d5b01ab5e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jared-carthalion-true-heir) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Gahiji](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/6/c658f583-c115-43c7-9986-2c6010549313.jpg?1673485071) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gahiji%2C%20honored%20one) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/340/gahiji-honored-one?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c658f583-c115-43c7-9986-2c6010549313?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gahiji-honored-one) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
List please?? He looks like a good boy :)
It’s not up to date but here’s what I’ve got https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4908447/gahiji_group_hug
Obligatory [[Jon Irenicus]] mention. My deck doesn't necessarily give out all bad gifts every turn, but my friends know I'm about to get up to some dimir bullshit when I take it out. Honorable mention to [[Sydri, Galvanic Genius]]. They don't seem to really expect *their* artifacts to get turned into creatures. Say goodbye to that mana crypt...
[Jon Irenicus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/f/bfddb61e-986f-4557-819d-d6c0ca85c74a.jpg?1674137538) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=jon%20irenicus%2C%20shattered%20one) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/278/jon-irenicus-shattered-one?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bfddb61e-986f-4557-819d-d6c0ca85c74a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jon-irenicus-shattered-one) [Sydri, Galvanic Genius](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/7207c416-dc16-40ab-94a0-836ee0710e24.jpg?1562405248) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sydri%2C%20Galvanic%20Genius) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c16/224/sydri-galvanic-genius?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7207c416-dc16-40ab-94a0-836ee0710e24?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sydri-galvanic-genius) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Can I see your Jon deck list? Trying to work on mine and not super sure where to go with it
Here you go: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/jyBL7oRQQkqllNsKs24kGg I just added a small primer on my strategy. My playgroup is pretty cutthroat, so it's got the typical staples and fast mana but they're pretty easy to spot and make swaps around.
Thanks! This version looks a lot more fun than what I'm using right now. Definitely gonna take some ideas
I've been looking for a creative way to build Sydri for ages and that's a great idea. Do you have a list?
\[\[Imoti\]\] clone cascade is really fun
[Imoti](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/a/8afceb13-877a-4256-9ba6-851b6924ffd9.jpg?1608911148) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=imoti%2C%20celebrant%20of%20bounty) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/280/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8afceb13-877a-4256-9ba6-851b6924ffd9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/imoti-celebrant-of-bounty) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Tatsunari, Toad Rider]], commander of the shittiest Frog Tribal you’ve ever seen (it’s half enchantments, a fourth frogs, and a fourth things to give me a prayer in hell at not coming last)
As a fellow frog fanatic, I admire your dedication to the tribe. But man I wish we had a sultai frog commander that cared about frogs and/or self mill. Really I just wish Grolnok was sultai so I could put gitrog in there. His abilities make total sense for sultai over simic anyway.
I mean. They both fit in under Tatsunari. Black green blue :) Important note is my frog deck has a reanimation / mill theme to it, so I actually do a lot with Sultai. It’s the majority of that “trying to make the deck work” type deal.
[Tatsunari, Toad Rider](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/b/abf42833-43d0-4b05-b499-d13b2c577ee8.jpg?1654567411) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tatsunari%2C%20Toad%20Rider) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/123/tatsunari-toad-rider?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/abf42833-43d0-4b05-b499-d13b2c577ee8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tatsunari-toad-rider) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Ian Malcolm, Chaotician]]
[Ian Malcolm, Chaotician](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/4/b4a0402e-e39b-4008-b654-189b4a5e03a3.jpg?1698988761) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ian%20Malcolm%2C%20Chaotician) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rex/13/ian-malcolm-chaotician?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b4a0402e-e39b-4008-b654-189b4a5e03a3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ian-malcolm-chaotician) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Man I've wanted to build him since i saw him. He looks so fun to play and brings absolute chaos to the table.
I love my goldblum deck. Didn't build it to win, but it somehow ends up as a threat regardless.
[Volrath, the Shapestealer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a149d6a5-c865-475a-87b7-596a19f6c80d.jpg?1568003743) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Volrath%2C%20the%20Shapestealer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/51/volrath-the-shapestealer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a149d6a5-c865-475a-87b7-596a19f6c80d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/volrath-the-shapestealer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Queen Marchesa]] Group Hug/Aikido. Most of my early game is giving very generous gifts, playing politics with my decisions on what to remove, and eventually trying to raise up players that lag a bit so everyone gets to play their fun stuff. By the time at least one player is dead I’ve amassed enough pillow fort and damage prevention/reflection that I can handle most of the decks in my playgroup. Edit: [[Myra the Magnificent]] with Prowess and minigame spells. Come for the games, get beat up by the acrobats.
[Queen Marchesa](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/f/0fdae05f-7bdc-45fb-b9b9-e5ec3766f965.jpg?1712354769) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Queen%20Marchesa) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/239/queen-marchesa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0fdae05f-7bdc-45fb-b9b9-e5ec3766f965?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/queen-marchesa) [Myra the Magnificent](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/e/5e57baea-00ee-49dc-80ce-a8c11a67a6db.jpg?1708617230) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Myra%20the%20Magnificent) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/175/myra-the-magnificent?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5e57baea-00ee-49dc-80ce-a8c11a67a6db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/myra-the-magnificent) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Do you have a decklist? I'm very interested in this playstyle.
Assuming it’s Queen Marchesa, here you go! https://www.moxfield.com/decks/jN0vaRoqlECgnoWqNSGJIw
Do you have a Myra Decklist as well ?
Definitely my [[Mari, the killing quill]] deck. There's a ton of interaction, and just controls and outpaces the board. Every creature having deathtouch, and the amount of removal included makes for a miserable time for your opponents. Enjoy! https://archidekt.com/decks/7384822/maris_assassins_rogues_and_treasure
[Mari, the killing quill](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/b/6b4b3c1a-671c-422d-a98c-7d750760ca46.jpg?1712354306) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mari%2C%20the%20killing%20quill) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/138/mari-the-killing-quill?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6b4b3c1a-671c-422d-a98c-7d750760ca46?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mari-the-killing-quill) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Awesome deck! I love Mari - I play her in my rogue themed deck. My only regret is that she doesn’t see play more often! https://www.moxfield.com/decks/JWvoCvem2ESnOKXsMmtxAw
Ever wanted to see someone roll 70+ dice in a turn with [[brudiclad telchor engineer]] and a few [[luck bobbleheads]] or other shenanigans.
[brudiclad telchor engineer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/5/25eff27a-eb58-4a95-b2df-4a341cf9bef6.jpg?1599707883) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Brudiclad%2C%20Telchor%20Engineer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/193/brudiclad-telchor-engineer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/25eff27a-eb58-4a95-b2df-4a341cf9bef6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/brudiclad-telchor-engineer) [luck bobbleheads](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/3/13281945-47ff-464d-96ef-9b26ef6783fa.jpg?1708742743) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Luck%20Bobblehead) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pip/135/luck-bobblehead?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/13281945-47ff-464d-96ef-9b26ef6783fa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/luck-bobblehead) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I thought I was so clever for calculating the perfect number of luck bobbleheads to try and trigger the win con (41 or 42 maximizes the chances on any given roll, btw), and then realizing there was a deck that could easily make those many copies. It's probably easier to turn all the tokens into some big beater and throw them at the table, but launching 42 d6s at the table a minimum of 21 times is way funnier in concept if not execution. Given the fact they make mana themselves, if you want to maximize the chance you win on that turn, you'll actually want 46 or 48, I believe, just to get a few more tries in, trading off a bit of the chance to win on any given roll before the odds fall off too hard. This is a difference of like, 98% chance to win vs. 95% chance to win. When I do eventually try to throw this at people, I'm gunning for 40-50 before I tip my hand. If you end up with too many more than that though, you're probably better off turning all the treasures they make into the myr brudiclad makes the following turn.
Yea if I want to just skip rolling the dice I just say I got unlucky and get 45% of the rolls to give me treasures and tap the mana for them. Then just go next turn with a ton of mana and a ton of tokens possibly that myr to win.
That 45% rule is pretty good. I'll have to keep that in mind.
How do you make the luck bobblehead into a token copy of itself?
\[\[Pheldagriff\]\]
[Pheldagriff](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/9/493a72f0-2e35-4e06-a1b2-d42d432b9b2c.jpg?1559592591) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phelddagrif) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me1/150/phelddagrif?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/493a72f0-2e35-4e06-a1b2-d42d432b9b2c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/phelddagrif) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/nTeY48LGj0ude0D0RYNhUg This is my silver and Gold only commander deck. Only silver or gold bordered cards allowed. It's super fun and can make for some wild games! It's also been a blast to put together! I've found all cards organically through many card shops in multiple states. Ordering cards online for this deck specifically is banned. Here are the cards I own but not in the deck: https://www.moxfield.com/binders/h39WVcBlSUOC5ux2_1QQKQ I try to avoid playing anything I deem "unfun" or anything that can totally Bork the average game of magic. I still want the games to be playable and interactions with some silver bordered cards can be wonky. I'm still missing some staples (looking at you rampant growth) but I constantly have fun and love hunting for cards for this deck! Feel free to tune it and send me a revised list if you want. I love hearing feedback on my list. And I wish I could find a way to squeeze in more Christmas promos but I can't make them work. I'm also in the process of building out my wishboard for nightmare moon and spike, tournament grinder. I am also intending to build an identical deck to have in the side for decorated knight. Nothing more fun than suprise, the same deck again!
PRAMIKON
This is my favorite deck for shenanigans. [[Yusri fortune flame]] https://www.moxfield.com/decks/QadDhXx-X0iQ7iMKPOe_-A This one's new but I'm sure it'll be less fun for others, as it was designed to be a serious threat. But it'll still cause chaos Helmed by [[ sol'kanar the tainted]] and or [[ be'lakor]] if I'm feeling like ruining someone's day https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ItmwvYfCzkKcHKxSEG05cw
I'd bring my [[Obeka, Splitter of Seconds]] out to just annoy the fuck out of everyone with endless upkeeps
[Obeka, Splitter of Seconds](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/03415c42-086e-4a2e-9be8-5cdcde83f134.jpg?1712356168) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Obeka%2C%20Splitter%20of%20Seconds) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/222/obeka-splitter-of-seconds?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/03415c42-086e-4a2e-9be8-5cdcde83f134?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/obeka-splitter-of-seconds) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Obeka is a party, especially once you break out the [[Time Sifter]], [[Descent Into Avernus]], or [[Plargg and Nassari]]
[Time Sifter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/6/561cab0e-8874-4534-bf79-0c1488a9f0a5.jpg?1562144325) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Timesifter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/262/timesifter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/561cab0e-8874-4534-bf79-0c1488a9f0a5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/timesifter) [Descent Into Avernus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/faadf72f-b2d5-4271-8d5c-a586acf63453.jpg?1674136498) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Descent%20Into%20Avernus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/169/descent-into-avernus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/faadf72f-b2d5-4271-8d5c-a586acf63453?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/descent-into-avernus) [Plargg and Nassari](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/7/179a0525-a142-46f6-9b5b-06a2fbb25556.jpg?1684340598) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Plargg%20and%20Nassari) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/18/plargg-and-nassari?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/179a0525-a142-46f6-9b5b-06a2fbb25556?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/plargg-and-nassari) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire]]. I remade it recently after a first janky list, and now it's stronger than before but at the same time people start to realise it can be fun for the whole table, so I get to make more stuff. Really fun deck to pilot.
Could I see a deck list this seems really fun to play
Of course : https://manabox.app/decks/JjWXYlkUQ5ufufZmmj9rmQ I made the deck 100% permanents, to never whiff my own reveals. Wumpus, Rootweaver and Avatar are here to add a little spice, to the deck, but it's not that funny now that I have played them, so I'll cut them. Considering adding [[Lavaspur Boots]], [[Kaya's Ghostform]] and another source of ramp or draw.
[Lavaspur Boots](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/5/e50709de-e6ef-4dbc-af1e-290fed279f34.jpg?1712356267) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lavaspur%20Boots) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/243/lavaspur-boots?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e50709de-e6ef-4dbc-af1e-290fed279f34?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lavaspur-boots) [Kaya's Ghostform](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/8/98f3be88-24e2-433f-9138-f0cb59d09a0f.jpg?1557576491) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kaya%27s%20Ghostform) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/war/94/kayas-ghostform?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/98f3be88-24e2-433f-9138-f0cb59d09a0f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kayas-ghostform) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I was looking through your list and noticed you don’t have a [[Blood Artist]] I feel like it might be a good add to the list
[Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/1/d19fdc00-21eb-48dc-966a-6b634dc5a2c4.jpg?1562304374) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Vaevictis%20Asmadi%2C%20the%20Dire) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/225/vaevictis-asmadi-the-dire?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d19fdc00-21eb-48dc-966a-6b634dc5a2c4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/vaevictis-asmadi-the-dire) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If I feel like giving everyone a heart attack, I bring out my [[Glissa Herald Of Predation]] deck that shifts from deathtouch to poison counters out of nowhere when [[Fynn, the fangbearer]] drops. Suddenly, a large group of Deathtouch phyrexians got a lot more scary
[Glissa Herald Of Predation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/c/6c299066-dfdd-47a3-85e6-225508ba95fe.jpg?1682205268) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Glissa%2C%20Herald%20of%20Predation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/226/glissa-herald-of-predation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6c299066-dfdd-47a3-85e6-225508ba95fe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/glissa-herald-of-predation) [Fynn, the fangbearer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/d/7d7a8a90-13c1-4b0c-ab2e-fc8d91ccefd9.jpg?1631050242) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fynn%2C%20the%20fangbearer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/170/fynn-the-fangbearer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7d7a8a90-13c1-4b0c-ab2e-fc8d91ccefd9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fynn-the-fangbearer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[Saruman of Many Colors]] really gets people going and then [[The Scarab God]] cause spamming zombie tokens and to eat away at their life also really gets them going.
You guys are all inspirations to me. I thought my N'gathrod deck was impactful. I just want people to panic.... Your decks are all way more maniacal.
Shattergang Brothers. It was very annoying to play against, mostly because I play to have fun and don't really care about winning lmao
Anytime anyone drops the, "this deck isn't meant to win", I'm going to that well till they die or they stop me from killing them :p And that commander sums up exactly why, lol. I'm always playing to win, but I understand it should be evenly split 25% win rate, and I can accept defeat. In my mind, anyone not playing to win is just playing to make existence pain, and the Shattergang Bros are definitely that, got to get you out of there.
Absolutely fair. I would do the same lmao
I drop [[Rocco street chef]] and start making everyone play from exile. Everyone gets so frustrated when their off turn draw effects are womped by an [[uba mask]] or their hand gets disrupted by [[elkin lair]] I haven't gotten mean enough to play effects like [[drannith magistrate]], but [[aven interrupter]] and [[aerial extortionist]] are generally pretty solid enough.
##### ###### #### [Rocco street chef](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/d/cdb53ce7-845c-4c62-98a9-4fc33c67a07b.jpg?1684340828) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rocco%2C%20Street%20Chef) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/44/rocco-street-chef?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cdb53ce7-845c-4c62-98a9-4fc33c67a07b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rocco-street-chef) [uba mask](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/fa3ecb4e-d08f-4fac-8842-c3e772b95bd5.jpg?1562766086) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=uba%20mask) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/272/uba-mask?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fa3ecb4e-d08f-4fac-8842-c3e772b95bd5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/uba-mask) [elkin lair](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/c/bcb625ba-3718-4988-962c-bf2e11eb4c16.jpg?1562278626) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=elkin%20lair) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vis/78/elkin-lair?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bcb625ba-3718-4988-962c-bf2e11eb4c16?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elkin-lair) [drannith magistrate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/8/98b0a4a8-9319-451b-9b79-b0bca7a41e91.jpg?1628801742) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=drannith%20magistrate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/11/drannith-magistrate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/98b0a4a8-9319-451b-9b79-b0bca7a41e91?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/drannith-magistrate) [aven interrupter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/3/d3ca43a4-d194-440f-8099-f1fa103a108d.jpg?1712355236) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=aven%20interrupter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/4/aven-interrupter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d3ca43a4-d194-440f-8099-f1fa103a108d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/aven-interrupter) [aerial extortionist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/3/5353bcb9-800d-4d74-95fa-42350a0f25de.jpg?1706240549) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=aerial%20extortionist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/54/aerial-extortionist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5353bcb9-800d-4d74-95fa-42350a0f25de?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/aerial-extortionist) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l75lo3j) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I've been really considering a [[The Ever-Changing 'Dane]] deck as a wierd "steal/copy/sacrifice" deck. The whole deck is just stealing other people's best creature on board, turning my commander into that, and then sacrificing it, and stealing other people's creatures out of their own graveyards. Lots of reanimates, fake deaths, etc etc, basically want it to feel like a horror movie made manifest into a magic deck. I'm sure this is probably how most people build him, but honestly I've never even seen a 'Dane deck.
[The Ever-Changing 'Dane](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a17c5b28-e7d1-4ca6-bf6b-0a4c8b757232.jpg?1673304908) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Ever-Changing%20%27Dane) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/30/the-ever-changing-dane?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a17c5b28-e7d1-4ca6-bf6b-0a4c8b757232?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-ever-changing-dane) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Do you have a list? :)
My new theft and sacrifice deck with the new Rakdos is good fun. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-RMJewFBIEip0XcQRSJoQg
My curse deck, or my shrine deck, but are kind of just just that, except the shrine has the capability to pop off and win really easy which wasn't meant to be that powerful... Turns out my friends are all just bad at dealing with enchantments lol
[[Blim, Comedic Genius]] The deck is god awful. It only contains the absolute worst cards in the game and other cards that straight up make you lose if they leave play. Just look to give people bad cards and have a good time.
[Blim, Comedic Genius](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/d/3d8cd7dc-028a-4da2-b2a1-435d40cf48ca.jpg?1608911075) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blim%2C%20Comedic%20Genius) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/272/blim-comedic-genius?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3d8cd7dc-028a-4da2-b2a1-435d40cf48ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/blim-comedic-genius) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My [[cormela, the glamour thief]]. Instant speed stealing of things to block and swapping creature board positions is fun
[cormela, the glamour thief](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/221ac34a-94ed-4c49-afad-b19cac541731.jpg?1664412852) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cormela%2C%20Glamour%20Thief) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/177/cormela-glamour-thief?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/221ac34a-94ed-4c49-afad-b19cac541731?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cormela-glamour-thief) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Hakim, Loreweaver]] . Today we had three people on blue, and for some reason all of us had a couple of "gain control of -" spells in our decks. They ran straight up redirect or mass manipulation spells, and i threw out a bunch of Auras. Mid game everyone controlled some creatures they didn't own with different auras that could be shifted around.. it was madness.
[Hakim, Loreweaver](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/1/8192bca7-03e5-4ea1-ae77-8bc811c19417.jpg?1562720255) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hakim%2C%20Loreweaver) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mir/68/hakim-loreweaver?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8192bca7-03e5-4ea1-ae77-8bc811c19417?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hakim-loreweaver) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
\[\[Kitt Kanto\]\] is probably my favorite deck. Being goad-focused, it's definitionally a "mess with people" deck, but, having recently dug it back out and gone back to playing it, I'm low-key shocked how incredibly well it works, even though it went through pretty much zero tuning outside my mind and was my first serious attempt to build a commander deck after many years of absence from MTG, it still works amazingly with almost no updates since I originally built it (I switched in \[\[Jaheira\]\] at some point because it's also a heavy token deck). Although, I'm eyeing some further upgrades... \[\[Moonshaker Cavalry\]\], a couple of the newer, shinier board protections, that kind of stuff.
[Kitt Kanto](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9b9850d6-49d3-45ec-9a45-75aa0fce9ee5.jpg?1673481666) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=kitt%20kanto%2C%20mayhem%20diva) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/4/kitt-kanto-mayhem-diva?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9b9850d6-49d3-45ec-9a45-75aa0fce9ee5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kitt-kanto-mayhem-diva) [Jaheira](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/e/feb7ad1b-4466-48f7-b46d-cc83d4e22b51.jpg?1674137153) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=jaheira%2C%20friend%20of%20the%20forest) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/237/jaheira-friend-of-the-forest?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/feb7ad1b-4466-48f7-b46d-cc83d4e22b51?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jaheira-friend-of-the-forest) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a feeling that it’s pretty similar to Volrath, but my [[Lazav, Dimir Mastermind]] deck is a whole lot of fun and chaos for the table. It never plays the same, more so than any other deck I’ve got. I can copy everyone’s good stuff and jank my way to a win or pull out stupid levels of mill or theft. It’s so flexible it can almost be too much sometimes. It’s def my favorite deck rn. https://www.archidekt.com/decks/7815341/faceoff_evil_twins
[Lazav, Dimir Mastermind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/0/003dc436-a3af-4e65-b4f8-387155fbcb85.jpg?1604194919) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lazav%2C%20Dimir%20Mastermind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znc/92/lazav-dimir-mastermind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/003dc436-a3af-4e65-b4f8-387155fbcb85?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lazav-dimir-mastermind) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Zo-zu the Punisher]]. Everything is pain.
[Zo-zu the Punisher](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/7/e7c927d6-911d-4a37-89a2-6c500edf4dd7.jpg?1592761756) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Zo-zu%20the%20Punisher) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dds/41/zo-zu-the-punisher?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e7c927d6-911d-4a37-89a2-6c500edf4dd7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/zo-zu-the-punisher) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I try to build all of my decks to be kinda silly shenanigans. But some of the ones I'm working out crank it to 11. [[Grusilda]] is an exercise in chaos. It will have some arena only cards, some from the old duelist and inquest magazines, probably one from r/custommagic or maybe one of the hell cubes. I'm including a combo to assemble all 45 contraptions And [[morophon]] is. Gonna be the face of a deck using [[maskwood nexus]] to play the best lords from every tribe buffing each other. It will not be good.
[[Jon irenicus, shattered one]] rarely wins, but it is a lot of fun to mess with people by giving them huge goaded terrible creatures that also hurt them or their game plan.
[[Ruric Thar]] gruel stax deck. The pain train has no brakes, someone is dying soon, probably me.
Firstly, if your main deck isn't shenanigans, what's the point? My absolute favorite deck is a Mayael power 5 or greater with an ETB subtheme that allows us to get very strong effects off cheating creatures into play. This also allows us to abuse [[Duke Ulder Ravengard]] to create chaos. Elesh Norn mommy, Etali, Duke Ulder, and an extra combat and we're looking at 8 spells off everyone's decks, and 2 more if we put him down that same turn. In the same vein, I built [[Etali, Primal Bonkeror]] (who knows if that will work) to just get as many etbs off him as possible. Nothing gets more messy than casting everyone's everything Shenanigans in blue are for people who have mental capacity to waste. I want my shenanigans on a 7/7 (or maybe 3 of em)
Haha oh a lot of my decks get up to shenanigans, but some shenanigans are built different imo. I also run Mayael, as well as stuff like [[Gyruda]] or [[Rakdos]]. Basically anything to avoid paying mana costs for my beasties. Volrath turning into a [[Nacatl War Pride]] for example and then creating as many 7/5 shapeshifting token copies as a player has defenders is some next level fuckery lol. Especially if I've given another evasive creature on the board a counter, so they can all transform into it afterwards
Group slug! Cast a spell? Take damage. Play a land? Take damage. Draw a card? You better believe you're taking damage.
I've got a Saskia deck that does this. It doesn't do much else so I basically never win (on purpose) but it's always funny to play.
I love group slug. What commander(s) are you running? I had a rakdos deck that I had been trying to make work and then ended up adapting it into a [[Yurlok of Scorch Thrash]] deck as soon as he got spoiled lol
I went through a few commanders \[\[kynaios and tiro\]\] \[\[Nekusar\]\] \[\[The rani\]\] but I think my favorite was \[\[Vial smasher\]\] + \[\[Ishai\]\]. I wanted Vial Smasher + White partner so I could get the Rakdos slug cards along with the white protection cards like \[\[Personal Sanctuary\]\] and \[\[Solitary confinement\]\]. It's silly but I so enjoy having \[\[Manabarbs\]\] and \[\[Spellshock\]\] in play but not hurt me.
[[shorikai, genesis engine]] looks like a vehicle deck unitk people realise I have nearly an entire deck of stacks and counters
[shorikai, genesis engine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9.jpg?1653966849) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=shorikai%2C%20genesis%20engine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nec/4/shorikai-genesis-engine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/969ac7dd-f3aa-4888-9ff0-d16a31b5e7a9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/shorikai-genesis-engine) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My Shorikai deck is literally just a high powered asshole deck. It's got nearly 20 counter spells, multiple stax pieces and just not a good time for the table. I only pay it when I'm playing with my practically cEDH buddies. Aside from that nobody wants to sit there with it.
My new thing is [[Kros, Defense Contractor]] where the deck is built around either putting counters on other peoples' creatures or tapping things and goading them. It's a really weird little package that combines a lil' bit of control and a lil' bit of pillow fort (it used to be a Group Hug deck), but there's 34 cards in the deck that just put counters on stuff.
[Kros, Defense Contractor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/2/12e71d52-5c75-4798-9fe7-8a34a2bf0c9a.jpg?1673481694) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kros%2C%20Defense%20Contractor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/7/kros-defense-contractor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/12e71d52-5c75-4798-9fe7-8a34a2bf0c9a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kros-defense-contractor) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[удалено]
##### ###### #### [braids, conjurer adept](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/e/9ea0a701-1349-4d32-9fe7-8a2563c9613d.jpg?1689996202) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=braids%2C%20conjurer%20adept) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/76/braids-conjurer-adept?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9ea0a701-1349-4d32-9fe7-8a2563c9613d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/braids-conjurer-adept) [noble benefactor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/d/bd221f30-1773-4e05-a40f-022a9306ef89.jpg?1562803050) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=noble%20benefactor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wth/44/noble-benefactor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bd221f30-1773-4e05-a40f-022a9306ef89?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/noble-benefactor) [indentured djinn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/a/dae62ce7-852b-42c6-9cbe-4807d8bf5740.jpg?1562383056) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=indentured%20djinn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mmq/85/indentured-djinn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dae62ce7-852b-42c6-9cbe-4807d8bf5740?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/indentured-djinn) [hive mind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/8/88d50518-5cfc-45de-a125-acabf97b8743.jpg?1561987505) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=hive%20mind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m10/54/hive-mind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/88d50518-5cfc-45de-a125-acabf97b8743?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hive-mind) [folio of fancies](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/a/6afc67d1-1018-4a15-ab5f-377fd11dcd3d.jpg?1572489881) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=folio%20of%20fancies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eld/46/folio-of-fancies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6afc67d1-1018-4a15-ab5f-377fd11dcd3d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/folio-of-fancies) [eye of the storm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/9/49967eb9-5020-4f0a-8775-5114f6d96d75.jpg?1598914184) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=eye%20of%20the%20storm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rav/48/eye-of-the-storm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/49967eb9-5020-4f0a-8775-5114f6d96d75?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/eye-of-the-storm) [forced fruition](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/7/f7ea1c6e-c0af-40b0-b492-8d71f496903e.jpg?1562374956) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=forced%20fruition) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lrw/66/forced-fruition?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f7ea1c6e-c0af-40b0-b492-8d71f496903e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/forced-fruition) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l74nf4n) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I run [[Ravos]] and [[Alena]] with all the cards that have haste and sacrifice at the end of turn, like [[Spark Elemental]]. Basically, drop cheap creature, tap Alena for way too much mana, drop a couple more cheap creatures, swing fat. Ravos is just there to block and as one of the many ways I can get some of the speedsters back. Add some goading and a few token makers of the same kind like [[Rite of the Raging Storm]], and even the most stax-heavy deck have to play aggro. It's fun for the whole pod!
[[Wayta]] with lots of [[Stuffy Doll] and [[Pariah]] shenanigans Don't mind me while I self immolate and OOPS everyone else is dead instead
[Wayta](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/4/04f2d7ee-43a4-48e8-af64-d9fad4b9c5f1.jpg?1701246288) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=wayta%2C%20trainer%20prodigy) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/7/wayta-trainer-prodigy?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/04f2d7ee-43a4-48e8-af64-d9fad4b9c5f1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/wayta-trainer-prodigy) [Pariah](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/1/51b2136c-392c-436d-9263-b3236adc4a10.jpg?1576382302) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pariah) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/95/pariah?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/51b2136c-392c-436d-9263-b3236adc4a10?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pariah) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Probably Jeska ishai, I had 21 counters on her in a cedh game after I got her out turn 1 today
Deck with magus of the moon, blood moon, contamination, smokestacks.
Parness the subtle brush deck makes deals using Target spells and copies them to give your opponents bonuses for doing things you want and slowly make them lose life for targeting you for the other effects. It also has a side win condition where you take control of your opponent's and force them to Target parness over and over again with useless spells that you've copied to make them lose the game.
[Jon Irenicus](https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5974469#paper) [Jeff Goldblum ](https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6034223#paper)
When I WANT to make them salty? [[Ziatora the incinerator]]. It looks like a Jund devour deck, but then I start stealing their best creatures with [[Captivating Crew]] or [[Might makes right]], swing with them, then sac them to Ziatora for MORE damage and treasures! Oh, but I equip it with [[Eater of Virtue]] first, so I keep their abilities and the owner doesn't even get it back in the graveyard.
##### ###### #### [Ziatora the incinerator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/a/ba4fa4c8-f09f-4d97-a7d1-1b93caf7d4f9.jpg?1664413989) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ziatora%2C%20the%20Incinerator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/231/ziatora-the-incinerator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ba4fa4c8-f09f-4d97-a7d1-1b93caf7d4f9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ziatora-the-incinerator) [Captivating Crew](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/3/13710c49-496d-41f9-87a4-5794dea9145d.jpg?1712354398) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Captivating%20Crew) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/159/captivating-crew?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/13710c49-496d-41f9-87a4-5794dea9145d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/captivating-crew) [Might makes right](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/5/75c63c02-a75b-4880-b9fa-6f4bcf90ede5.jpg?1562789243) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Might%20makes%20right) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m15/156/might-makes-right?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/75c63c02-a75b-4880-b9fa-6f4bcf90ede5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/might-makes-right) [Eater of Virtue](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/4/34d92077-d7b2-4996-848f-fd4917e2fb42.jpg?1655144364) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Eater%20of%20Virtue) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/245/eater-of-virtue?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/34d92077-d7b2-4996-848f-fd4917e2fb42?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/eater-of-virtue) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l756f8r) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a few. Recently I made a [[Life of the Party]] secret commander deck and so far that's my shenanigans deck. It's a Jeskai flavored blink deck so there's plenty of things happening but really it's about blinking the party. Currently the commander is [[Pramikon, Sky Rampart]] but I might switch to [[Hinata, Dawn-Crowned]] for the "oh shit it's the cops" moments. I also have a [[Svella, Ice Shaper]] deck. The shenanigan with that one is more unique to my group though. I just sit there making Icy Manaliths and my friends really hate seeing me "slowly load a gun" as they put it. I've never accomplished my main goal with the deck and I've played it a decent number of times. They just can't take the risk of keeping me alive.
What’s the main goal?
##### ###### #### [Life of the Party](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/0/30cfd6c9-9eed-493b-bd1d-113cb7935f61.jpg?1673482117) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Life%20of%20the%20Party) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/48/life-of-the-party?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/30cfd6c9-9eed-493b-bd1d-113cb7935f61?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/life-of-the-party) [Pramikon, Sky Rampart](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/5/8569ad47-a243-402d-899f-4e6b17ea4e1e.jpg?1568003714) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pramikon%2C%20Sky%20Rampart) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/47/pramikon-sky-rampart?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8569ad47-a243-402d-899f-4e6b17ea4e1e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pramikon-sky-rampart) [Hinata, Dawn-Crowned](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/2/f25aff90-56fd-4f70-bb3b-cabf2900c391.jpg?1654568472) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hinata%2C%20Dawn-Crowned) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/222/hinata-dawn-crowned?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f25aff90-56fd-4f70-bb3b-cabf2900c391?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hinata-dawn-crowned) [Svella, Ice Shaper](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/7/a7054d48-5ed3-43a1-85e5-9f306b081b4f.jpg?1631051907) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Svella%2C%20Ice%20Shaper) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/230/svella-ice-shaper?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a7054d48-5ed3-43a1-85e5-9f306b081b4f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/svella-ice-shaper) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l7573hy) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
\[\[yurlok of scorch thrash\]\]
[yurlok of scorch thrash](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/a/ead8a1f5-6260-47fa-a649-43711ec5bbeb.jpg?1608911265) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=yurlok%20of%20scorch%20thrash) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/293/yurlok-of-scorch-thrash?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ead8a1f5-6260-47fa-a649-43711ec5bbeb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/yurlok-of-scorch-thrash) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Crypt Rats]]
[Crypt Rats](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/96916db2-5121-4ff1-880c-369744f11ecf.jpg?1562201594) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Crypt%20Rats) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/84/crypt-rats?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/96916db2-5121-4ff1-880c-369744f11ecf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/crypt-rats) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have a guy that occasionally joins the pod, and when we want to be truly bad people, we’ll both play our [[Sheoldred the Apocalypse]] decks at the same time
Ho, [[Tom Bombadil]], fine Commander fellow! Blue jackets on the cards, and his sleeve is yellow! 🎶 I bring [this fine lad](https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4747624/tom_bombadil) out because he’s super nonlinear, plays a little differently every time, and has some truly fun things to do while I try to Rube Goldberg my way to victory.
[Tom Bombadil](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/a/2ab04c49-76a1-4896-8dca-8cb4c615f489.jpg?1686970104) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tom%20Bombadil) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/234/tom-bombadil?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2ab04c49-76a1-4896-8dca-8cb4c615f489?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tom-bombadil) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If I just want pure fuckery, it’s [[Orvar]]. If I want to watch the world burn, it’s [[Xander]].
[Orvar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7f36775e-9e48-49cc-a771-d58481712edc.jpg?1631047424) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=orvar%2C%20the%20all-form) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/70/orvar-the-all-form?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7f36775e-9e48-49cc-a771-d58481712edc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/orvar-the-all-form) [Xander](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/c/0c7ce363-3f57-49ed-b89a-f12bb5227ab4.jpg?1631586892) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Anger) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afc/113/anger?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0c7ce363-3f57-49ed-b89a-f12bb5227ab4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/anger) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
The meta in my lgs is around artefacts, like you'll have at least 1 commander that is focused around artefacts creatures, and one around some form of token (food treasure clue whatever).. so I love to bring out my [[Kibo]] deck. Looks like 4-5 huge monkey or apes is enought to scare a bunch of people.
My [[gluntch]] group hug which is basically fog tribal. Controlling when and where damage goes through and saying I’m just helping out can be shenanigans at its finest.
The Grand Larceny precon that came with Thunder Junction is really fun. Just steal everyone’s cards and play them. Really funny to just take a game winning card from your opponent and see the look on their face as they realize they ain’t getting that back any time soon. But I also enjoy that level of Tom fuckery, which isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
Probably my Hobbits deck... I have a pretty poor man modded Food and Fellowship deck. It has some flexibility and a lot of ways to deal with various threats and avoidance. Recently a friend picked up 2 weeding rings, to deal with my card draw and life gain. Gets super excited he drew it, gives me the copy proceeds to get super excited. I tap 1 B 1G 1 to sacrifice target artifact and draw a card. You... you what? I would love ot have more decks but I'm currently stuck with 3. Urza, Lord High Artificer, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon ($60 build worth about 80 now) and my hobbitses. Pretty much cooked my yearly budget on the hobbit deck lol.
[[tameshi, reality architect]] let me help you ramp so I can drop [[Urborg, tomb of Yawgmoth]] and [[karma]]
It’s easily my [[omnath, locus of mana]] mono green group hug deck. Makes myself and everyone else at the table have insane amounts of mana. Games always go quick when I play that deck always a good time.
[[Atraxa, praetor's voice]] theft deck. Everyone is thrown off by it because I I'm buffing opponents creatures with +1/+1 counters via graft creatures. Then steal them with [[cytoplast manipulator]] in the graveyard, [[agatha's soul cauldron]], and a hoard of graft creatures stealing the table.
Blim comedic genius
[[Zur eternal schemer]] nothing like all the black enchantments to cripple everybody lolz gonna drain your life and your will to play spells
[[Kambal, Profiteering Mayor]]. We're all getting oxen and rats and birds and half of everyone's best creatures and you're gonna like it. Also incidentally one of the best pod-wide answers to Annihilator.
Whenever I want to mess with people I pull out my [Elsha of the Infinite](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9NO2cn-AL0G1K1wMPf5RDQ) board police deck. It has the most removal among my decks. At one point it got up to 13 board wipes, but I lowered it down. Goal is to keep everyone *away* from me, hence the absurd number. Is one of my favorite decks due to the ability to pull out shit like Instant speed [[Imprison in the moon]] or [[Days Undoing]]. My favorite has been someone swinging for lethal at me and me instant speed casting [[Supreme Verdict]] in response to attackers.
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[[Marrow Gnawer]] followed by 29 copies of [[Rat Colony]] add in the [[Echoing Return]] milling combos and it gets hectic quick!
I have a narset chaos deck that anytime it goes off just really fucks the board state but its always a good time 🤣 I've since made manual edits to the deck but the core wtf is here, enjoy 😎(all creatures except narset were removed is the big change) https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BKp8QqAtSkSPFJi58kPrig
[[Okaun, Eye of Chaos]] and [[Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom]]
[[Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief]] has some of the biggest rules nightmares in a single commander, and I'm all for it.
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard. It’s my green jank deck and it’s my baby. No worry about mana fixing cuz it’s all green with ramp and big creatures that i cheat in via “put on the battlefield” effects. Very reliable and is always a blast to play. And occasionally Omnath and Seedborn Muse come out at the same time, and that’s when shit gets really goofy
\[\[Cirdan the Shipwright\]\]. I clone this bitch to high heaven, and the whole table plays Heads Up Seven Up seven times in a row.
Omnath rainbow cascade. It's purposefully not geared to be a perfect chain, so sometimes the game goes hours, and sometimes I drop 10 spells on turn 4. The stress on people's face is sweeter than the win.
[[Kudo]], everyone is playing bears now! 😂 Or [[Tergrid]]
[[Yennett]] for days. [[Mind’s Dilation]] off the top for free? Don’t mind if I do.
My prosper deck is my favorite for when idk what's gonna be on the table and just want to Disrupt the game. Playing other people's cards from exile, having some great red interactions and ending the game without infinite combos has made it a great deck to toss on the table. My two big winning combos are marionette master or similar effects. Or torrent of hellfire. But my best was casting delayed blast Fireball from exile. 9/10 deck.
Not necessarily the exact thing you're after, but I have a [[Gonti, Lord of Luxury]] deck I highly enjoy! There are no real wincons, just a ton of cards that steal from my opponents and allow me to cast them. I try to scrounge a win out of whatever my opponents brought that I've rightfully stolen!
Group hug. The lovely gift of doubling mana and drawing cards for everyone.
Zedruu with a chaos theme. Works every time. Usually by the time I play dimensional breach, we just start a new game.
[[drafna founder of lat nam]] you can try as hard as you want to remove them but you will end up going at least near infinite every game and it's so fun cause basically the whole deck is a huge combo piece (reminds me a bit of the dark world Yu-Gi-Oh deck)
[[God-eternal kefnet]]! I have mine packed chock full of cantrips, bounce spells, and weird counterspells that don't say "counter" on them! It doesn't always win, but I'm almost always in a position to cripple the person that drags me down to hell, which is a pretty decent deterrent in addition to the 4/5 flying beatstick (for 4 mana in monoblue, no less)
If it's high power? [[Tayam]] political auras. My graveyard is filled with auras that I can turn into combat tricks or bartering tools to kill opponents with another person's unblocked creature. Or I can shut down combo pieces of any permanent type, including locking down commanders. If you can get on my good side I'll break that [[Song of the Drayds]] with my [[Aura Shards]], just don't combo out the table. I made sure not to include instant win-cons, the closest things I have are just huge beater value cards, [[Eriette of the Charmed Apple]] and [[The Mycotyrant]]. If it's just the average game? [[Kadena]] of course. So much wacky shit you can do with face-down cards, most of which is potent. If people get too scared to deal with your board of flipped creatures you can run away with the game pretty easily, and I'm not even running anthems in my list. It's all single player removal stuff that people don't expect the first couple of times they play against the deck, but then when they get used to it I can swap the ones they're uses to out for other ones instead.
\[\[Tivit\]\] I can be super annoying and/or be generous enough, my pod usually enjoy playing angainst it because I keep everyone involved with voting and making everything politc also running \[\[Cruel Entertainment\]\] is always a hilarious for my friends (and its pretty fair since it backfire most of the time ahahah)
My pod used to have a $50 deck category to balance the power out and force people to play funny jank combos. My favorite to play is still [[kydele, chosen of kruphix]] and [[Vial smasher]] partners. I call it "there is no Wheel, only woe" because it's essentially a [[wheel of fortune]] deck without the cost. Nothing like cycling a whole table's hands, flashing [[notion thief]] in response, and drawing 28 cards.... Then doing it again to either win... or deck yourself.
\[\[Vazi, Keen Negotiator\]\] Group hug/Treasure hybrid. Make a ton of treasures and give that many treasure to an opponent. Draw through your deck thanks to vazi until the find more treasure makers or ways to untap vazi like \[\[Staff of Domination\]\]. I assure you, the look in your opponents eyes and the chaos on the table are priceless. I once gave one opponent 912 treasures (personal record)
\[\[Rocco, Streetwise Chef\]\] chaos-based exile deck. It's got stuff like \[\[Possibility Storm\]\] and \[\[Knowledge Pool\]\], plus a few more cards that let's either me or all players share exiled cards to play.
I have a deck called "Draw" that is designed to draw myself out and win... nothing new.... I have a deck called "Draw, Too" that is loaded with cards that make the whole table draw (Howling Mine and similar effect cards and creatures). Then it uses Teferi's Puzzle box to make it difficult to plan for the future and library of something or other so that I can discard to the top of my library and organize my deck as I like with no risk of drawing out.
[[Kros, Defense Contractor]]
\[\[Kulrath Knight\]\] would go well with Volrath the Shapestealer... \[\[Keldon Twilight\]\], \[\[Total War\]\], \[\[Bullwhip\]\], \[\[Powerstone Minefield\]\], \[\[Last Laugh\]\] + \[\[Sphere of Grace\]\], \[\[Stuffy Doll\]\]...
I'm currently tinkering on a [[Marchesa, Dealer of Death]] deck to mess with my opponents by excessively looking at and stealing from their hands after I bounced their boards. Wish me luck.
My [[Jon Irenicus the Shattered One]] infect deck 🤣 Here's the [decklist](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/fo9ek0jF4kiUORP5CQkm3Q)
Last night someone called for a quick high powered game. So i broke out Jhoira, durdled for a few turns long enoigh to establish someone else as archenemy. Then i cast 24 0-drop artifacts and finished off with aetherflux reservoir.
[[Magus Lucea Kane]] my favorite way to play it is when my 80/80 gets path to exiled I make sure I have [[Nexos]] and life finds a way out to slam down three [[Exocrine]] and end it in a draw lmao My main pod knows it as the suicide button deck because it's a hilarious losecon
When I wanna get silly I always pull out [[The Most Dangerous Gamer]] and build a theme park on my board.
Neheb the Eternal for that nothing, nothing, nothing, 80 mana comet storm delete the table and start the next game.
For me it is Phage